Rancocas Volunteers

One of the highlights of our first annual volunteer picnic was the dedication of our Children's Garden to John and Marilyn Courtney. John and Marilyn were honored for their contributions to our center; both have been RNC volunteers for over thirty years! A plaque bearing their names greets visitors entering the garden.

For more pictures from the picnic click here.

Sara and Nate work together to create a “Helping Hands” tree to recognize our RNC volunteers.

The “heart and soul” of the NJAS Rancocas Nature Center is its volunteers—new recruits and old-timers. Volunteers staff our bookstore six days a week, and assist with bird seed sale days and group programs. They also keep the center neat and clean, maintain our trails, and make improvements to our facilities.  We welcome individuals, groups, and Eagle Scouts. Through the years, our volunteers have been there for us and they continue to be part of the Rancocas Nature Center’s spirit; for this we are eternally grateful.

Thank you to Central School Environmental Club for raising money to purchase a water monitoring kit for the Nature Center.

Ms. Havercamp's group from Lumberton Middle School on tree planting day.

 A special Thank-you to

  Sandra Keller for completely revising the RNC bird list.

Sarah Tanedo, Diane Rothschild, and John Courtney for their help with education programs and supplies.

  John Jones and Bob Hall for keeping the grounds neat

  Candy Myers and Vicki Wsniak for growing and planting our gorgeous hummingbird garden

  Dave Larsen for helping with disseminating trip information

  Steve Mattan for improving our web page

  Steve and Lucille and John Jones for their photo contributions

  Bob Lord, Bob Birdsall, Bob Hall, Bill Wiley, Tom Bailey, and The Work Groupfor their much needed help with our trail improvements

CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

TRAIL & MEADOW RESTORATION

We are looking for volunteers to help with invasive plant removal in our meadow. For more information or to let us know you are coming, please contact Janine at 609-261-2495 or rancocas@njaududon.org

BOOKSTORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Bookstore volunteers answer phones, greet visitors, assist customers, keep the center neat, and stock brochures and merchandise. We are looking for volunteers to staff weekday and weekend shifts on a weekly or monthly basis. Benefits include, a flexible schedule and volunteer discounts.

PUBLIC RELATIONS VOLUNTEER POSITION

We’re looking for a volunteer (experienced preferred) to write press releases and create flyers. On a regular basis, this person would contact local newspapers, magazines, radio stations, etc. and keep them up-to-date on RNC activities. We estimate this position to require a commitment of 10-20 hours per month. Benefits include, a flexible schedule and volunteer discounts.

Eagle Scout Projects

Thanks for a job well done to James and his crew

The Rancocas Nature Center has been the site of numerous Eagle Scout Projects. Our staff would like to thank the following scouts for their contributions to our facility. To view photos of the scouts and their projects, please “click” on the scout’s name. If you know an Eagle Scout who is interested in doing a project at RNC, please contact us.

Completed Projects

Matt Sherbick: Fall 2006

Joe Brach: Winter 2006

Todd Graczyk: Fall 2005

Geoff Foulk: Fall 2005

Cory Strain:  May 2005

James Devenny: April 2005

Sunny Poonawala: Fall 2004

Mike Ahrens: Fall 2004

Sam Parker: Fall 2004

Nicholas Bremer: Spring 2004

Rob Tedeschi: Spring 2004

Gabe Johnson: Spring 2004

Ryan Cortazzo: Fall 2003

Chris Price: Summer 2003

Projects in Progress

Bobby Katz

Doug Campbell

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